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Few games brands are as heavyweight as EA’s colossal The Sims, and the latest instalment to the series has not failed to disappoint with news that combines sales of both the PC and Mac versions have hit 1.4m worldwide in its first week on sale. The numbers represent the best …

Play.com has won the Which? Best Online Retailer Award for the second year running. The retailer was praised for its value and customer service, and follows the firm’s triumph at the MCV Awards in April. The Which? Awards took place at the British Museum in London last night (Tuesday 9th) …

Survey suggests Hamburgâ??s games industry workforce has doubled to 1700 since 2004

Analyst Colin Sebastian has estimated that online game revenues represent a quarter of the total worldwide video games market. According his latest analyst note on this year’s E3 Expo, the Lazard Capital Markets analyst predicted that online titles such as World Of Warcraft will yield $11 billion as part of …

EA’s John Riccitiello has revealed his company could have been the first to use the motion-sensing technologies unveiled by Microsoft and Sony at this year’s E3. The publisher’s CEO told Kotaku that EA had been working on the camera-based motion control system before Microsoft announced its Project Natal, but decided …

Nintendo global boss Satoru Iwata has spoken of his surprise that rivals Microsoft and Sony did not reveal their motion-sensing technology earlier. Both firms revealed new motion-sensing controls for Xbox 360 and PS3 at last week’s E3 – three years after Nintendo first showed off its Wiimote controller. Sony’s PS3 …

CCP Games CEO set to discuss the companyâ??s journey, and unveil the developerâ??s next project

John Riccitiello, the always interesting boss of EA, has once again expressed his aspirations on Wii this year – and he’s come out in defence of Nintendo in the process. For what it’s worth, Nintendo isn’t trying to dominate the platform – they’re trying to have their platform dominate the …

Sydneyâ??s bloated twelve-day film festival punctured by serious games discussion

Indie giant states that the PC and Xbox 360 â??are just more straightforwardâ??